Merry Christmas

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It's Christmas Day All Is Secure

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
HE LIVED ALL ALONE
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE
AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE
NO TINSEL NO PRESENTS NOT EVEN A TREE
NO STOCKING BY THE MANTLE JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES AWARDS OF ALL KINDS
A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT IT WAS DARK AND DREARY
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING SILENT ALONE
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME

THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER
NOT HOW I PICTURED A LONE BRITISH SOLDIER
WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO THE FLOOR FOR A BED

I REALISED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT
SOON ROUND THE WORLD THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY

THEY ALL ENJOY FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY ALONE
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME

THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE
'SANTA DON'T CRY THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM I DON'T ASK FOR MORE
MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY. MY CORPS'

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT I CONTINUED TO WEEP

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SAT AND SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHTS CHILL
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD DARK NIGHT
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOUR SO WILLING TO FIGHT

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE
WHISPERED 'CARRY ON SANTA ITS CHRISTMAS DAY ALL IS SECURE'
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT'

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY A PEACE KEEPING SOLDIER STATIONED OVERSEAS
THE FOLLOWING IS HIS REQUEST I THINK IT IS REASONABLE.

PLEASE WOULD YOU DO ME THE KIND FAVOUR OF SENDING THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN

CHRISTMAS WILL BE COMING SOON AND SOME CREDIT IS DUE TO OUR BRITISH SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN FOR OUR BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THESE FESTIVITIES.
LETS TRY IN THIS SMALL WAY TO PAY A TINY BIT BACK OF WHAT WE OWE!

YouGov shows UKIP closing gap on Lib Dems

YouGov's latest poll shows that UKIP is gaining on the Lib Dems.

On the 14th of November, YouGov had UKIP polling 4%, only 6% behind the Lib Dems.  On the 3rd of December they had UKIP polling 5%, only 5% behind the Lib Dems.

UKIP is already the second largest EU Parliament party and the fourth largest domestic party in the UK.  If YouGov's results are right, UKIP is on track to become the third largest domestic party in the UK and who could blame people from turning away from the Lib Dems (who are widely accepted to be the "none of the above" party) when they have betrayed the people who voted for them?

Today's students are tomorrow's workers and voters, how many of them are likely to vote for the Lib Dems who signed a pledge to oppose tuition fees in English universities and are now breaking that promise and actively campaigning for them?

The EU Knew the Scale of Greece, Ireland, Spain & Portugal's Economic Problems All Along

The European Union never ceases to amaze me. Not in a good way, but in a way that FIFA's attitude towards England never ceases to amaze me. On a quick side note, FIFA are nothing but a bunch of anglophobic fat cat self-proscribed Kings with little to no warranted involvement in football. But that's a different matter, I just needed to get that off my chest.

Flicking through a text book on the European Union a couple of tables catch my eye. One of which is the table for "The Cohesion Fund". It catches my eye because the only four countries which got the fund were the four countries that need or have had major bailouts. Bizarrely, they're even in the order of financial strife.

The Cohesion Fund was set up as a result of the Maastricht summit to provide funds for 'energy and telecommunications' for the poorest member states. Pre-2004 therefore, the European Union knew very well that taking on Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain would be a disastrously risky move. The only way to tackle economic problems, according to the EU is to simply throw money. In total nearly 3 billion Euros were given to just four countries.

These four countries, in 2003, accounted for over a quarter of the loans granted by the EU. This in real money, for the period of 1997-2003 means that these four countries were granted a whopping 45 billion Euros of loans. That's equivalent to 20 years of savings from coalition government cuts!

It doesn't end there. In 2003 there were only four countries that were net beneficiaries of their EU budget contributions. Those countries, yes you guessed it, were Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. The UK got 3% LESS back from their EU budget contribution. The table below shows the percentage profit made by the four countries:

Greece, Spain and Portugal shouldn't be entirely blamed for the mess that they are in. The three countries, were very reluctant in joining the Euro so early, citing that they felt they were not economically ready. The EU Commission, didn't care. Nothing was going to stop their European dream. Ireland, on the other hand, were very eager beavers.

What strikes me the most about all of this data is that it is an outright lie that the European Union had no idea that the four countries would pose economical problems both for themselves as nation states and for the European Union. They knew even when bullying a reluctant Greece, Portugal and Spain in to the Euro that they were playing with fire.

It is that what frightens me the most about the European Union. That they put their own European Dream ahead of reality, the attitude of regardless we will go on.

A New Exercise in Democracy? EU Can't Be Serious

Maybe the weather has got to my head, or maybe I'm just trying to avoid the inevitable clasp the inevitable doom of Wolves' position in the Premier League. Either way, someone should ban me from going on any pro-EU websites, most of all the official EU website, Europa.

Lording it up on their website is an article titled "New Exercise in Democracy". Wow I think to myself, perhaps they've all smoked pot in Amsterdam and come to their senses that democracy ain't all that bad. Wrong! The article refers to the and is described as:

Introduced by the Lisbon treaty, the European citizens initiative is intended to make the EU more democratic by giving citizens a more direct say in its policies.

OK, sounds good. I want the EU to consider banning overseas religious preachers. So what do I do? Write a letter? Arrange a meeting? Get the number twenty bus in to town to speak to my local elected representative? None of the above. I need to save up enough money to finance a multinational petition covering at least three EU countries with at least 300,000 (yes, three-hundred-thousand) signatures.

And that's not even half way there. The European Commission then decides whether the interests of those 300,000 people from a minimum of three EU countries is worth their time or own interests shutting it down immediately, or giving it the thumbs up for phase two. Phase two can't be that big a deal can it? After all we've convinced 300,000 people from more than 3 EU countries to sign a petition and then we've convinced the EU Commission that all 300,000 people's interests are worthy of their attention. So what more?

After the thumbs up, we need a total of 700,000 more signatures from a minimum of a total of nine EU countries. Oh and that's not the only thing. You know those signatures I've been banging on about? I slipped up. I need to go back to those 1 million people and convince them to also give me their national identification number, in the form of their social security numbers or passport numbers.

Not only that, due to data protection laws I have to also invest in security measures to protect the information of over 1 million people with a minimum of 7 million pieces of information. The costs of all of this would be a minimum of half a million pounds. That's assuming I get the bare minimum of requirements fulfilled.

Never in the history of mankind has there ever been a physical petition of 300 thousand or more signatures, ever.

A new exercise in democracy? Somehow I doubt it. Somehow, anybody with half a mind would doubt it.

If Liam Fox still believes defence is a sovereign area, why is he handing it to the EU?

The Conservatives (as senior partner in the coalition) continue to show their true colous regarding the European Union.

July 2008, Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan asked "Will David Cameron be Britains first Eurosceptic Prime Minister?"

October 2010, another Conservative MEP, Roger Helmer gave the answer "We’ve been handing powers to Brussels faster than Labour" !

This very latest example is in the most sensitive of all soverign issues - that of defence.

In February 2008 Liam Fox (then shadow Defence minister) gave a speech regarding how the Lisbon Treaty will damage the defence of the UK.

As recently as January 2009, Liam Fox sought to establish his (and his parties) EUSceptic credentials, and commitment to the military defence of our soverign nation, with the clear declaration that "We didn't join the EU for defence reasons we have Nato for that".

And again in September 2009, Liam Fox, in an interview with Defence News reiterated his (supposed) belief and commitment that the defence of the UK was not an issue for the EU.

But now, November 2010, Liam Fox is finally reported as continuing David Camerons and the Conservatives embracing of the idea of the UK as simply a region of the EU and no longer a soverign nation. As the FT reports that Liam Fox has abandoned his pledge to take the UK out of the 'European Defence Agency' and now merely seeks to freeze its budget.

Nothing that was said earlier (aparantly sincerely) about how the Lisbon Treaty, the EU, the European Defence Agency would damage the UK as a soverign nation and damage our defensive capability has changed.

So Liam Fox, David Cameron and the Conservative party have some explaining to do - why are they destroying the UK?

Lib Dems drop to 4th place in donations

UKIP received 30% more in donations in the last quarter than the Lib Dems - £454k for UKIP against £350k for the Lib Dems.

Large donations to the Lib Dems appear to have nosedived at the same rate as their membership since they joined the europhile, big state, high tax ConDem coalition.  The ConDem coalition is the antithesis of UKIP's anti-EU, small state, flat tax proposition for an independent UK - no wonder the ConDem coalition is losing members and money.

Donations for LibLabCon and UKIP 2010 Q1-3	Donations for LibLabCon and UKIP 2010 Q1-3
Donations for Conservatives 2010 Q1-3	Donations for Labour 2010 Q1-3
Donations for Lib Dems 2010 Q1-3	Donations for UKIP 2010 Q1-3
Donations for LibLabCon and UKIP 2010 Q1	Donations for LibLabCon and UKIP 2010 Q2
Donations for LibLabCon and UKIP 2010 Q3

As you can see, UKIP's share of donations made to the four main parties has increased quarter on quarter this year while the trend for donations to the LibLabCon is downwards.

Hat-tip: Heaver

If it talks like a fascist and acts like a fascist, it's probably Martin Schulz

UKIP MEP, Godfrey Bloom (a belated happy birthday Godders), has been instructed by the President of the EU Parliament (not to be confused with the President of the EU Commission), Jerzy Buzek, to apologise for quoting Adolf Hitler Ein volk, ein Reich, ein Führer at German MEP, Martin Schulz.

Who vould have ze temerity to do
such a vicked deed?

The nationalist socialist MEP took offence at Godfrey quoting the nationalist socialist former chancellor of his country at him and demanded an apology.  He took further offence when Godders refused to apologise and called him an undemocratic fascist.  I wonder if this Dutch MEP took offence when Schulz called him a fascist (hat-tip: the eurosceptic vote-sink) ... presumably not as Herr Schulz wasn't ordered to apologise and then escorted from the mickey mouse parliament by bouncers in cheap suits the forces of democracy.

Was Godfrey right to quote Hitler at a German MEP?  Possibly not.  Was he wrong to quote Hitler?  Probably not.  Free speech is a cornerstone of democracy so why is Herr Schulz taking offence at being called an undemocratic fascist when he's acting like an undemocratic fascist?  And more importantly, why is Herr Schulz taking offence at being called a fascist when he thinks it's perfectly acceptable to call someone a fascist for demanding that Emperor Barroso publishes details of his expenses?

Daily Express comes out as eurosceptic ... but still supports europhile Tories

Today's Daily Express leads with a call to "GET BRITAIN OUT OF EUROPE".

The Daily Express claims to be the first national newspaper calling for the UK to leave the EU.  They may well be right although I'm pretty sure the Daily Star have previously made the same call.

It's great that a national newspaper is making a crusade out of throwing off the shackles of EU membership but it's a bit of a hollow crusade when they still support the Conservative and ٨ ^European Unionist Party.

The Daily Express is collecting online signatures for a petition to present to Cast Iron Dave.  You can put your name to the by clicking the image below.

Hague must now give us a referendum on Eurozone Lisbon Treaty changes.

We may not be in the Eurozone but it clearly governs our actions.

Officially the bailouts that have been happening within the EU/Eurozone are illegal under the relevant treaties. But as there seems to be no court to enforce these treaties, this fact has been ignored.

However, to now regularise these bailouts, the treaties/laws are to be amended to retrospectively legalise the bailouts.

Prior to the last election and subsequently, after the establishment of the coalition government, David Cameron and his Conservatives have promised the people of the UK that there will be referenda on any future changes to our relationship with the EU that may impact UK sovereignty.

Putting these two issues together, a significant treaty change and the promise of referenda one might have expected a referendum on the proposed changes to the Lisbon Treaty. However, if this is what you expected then you would be disappointed as William Hague has said that there will be no referendum on this matter.

The Conservative governments argument against holding the promised referendum is that the change only affects Eurozone countries, of which the UK is not one, so the change makes no difference to the UK.

However following the initial £7 billion bailout of the Euro/EU/Ireland  it is clear that Eurozone issues are essential to the UK's national interest. Especially as conservative/coalition chancellor George Osborne has refused to rule out possible future bailouts of other Eurozone countries - Portugal, Greece and Italy.

There can now be no argument against having UK referenda on any treaty changes within the EU - even if only Eurozone countries are being targeted. While we are in the EU, then regarding the Euro and Eurozone  'we are all in this together'.

We may not be in the Eurozone but it clearly governs our actions - so where is our referendum?

Ex-MPs: how Britain was conned into joining the 'Common Market'

Thanks to James Goldsmith, we were spared the financial death throes that Eurozone members such as Ireland are now experiencing. We can only hope that the Euro is shredded by the markets, forcing deadly fissures to appear in the EU façade and 'community'.

If Ireland takes IMF cash, it will largely be under the thumb of Britain - the country whose embrace it could not wait to escape as it rushed to the bosom of the EU.

If Ireland takes Merkel's (expropriation) of EU cash, then it can expect to lose its sovereignty to the EU and to be forced to raise its corporation tax,  thereby reducing its competitiveness.

If Ireland does a deal with Britain, it will be even more firmly yoked to Britain than it ever was - this time, via the serfdom which accompanies unpayable debt.

What a a fine mess they've made. If only they'd listened to us and not signed that blasted treaty.

Ah. But the politicos were following a carefully crafted plan - and script. Just as Cameron and Hague are doing today, while they try to convince us of the opposite.

In 2008, before the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, Eric Deakins, MP for Walthamstow West 1970-74, MP for Walthamstow 1974-87, and junior minister for Trade (1974-76) and the DHSS (1976-79) in Labour governments under Wilson and Callaghan respectively, witnessed and have spoken out against the dishonesty exhibited by a succession of leaders in committing Britain to the European Project.

Described are the aims of the Treaty of Rome, and how in subsequent years the process of integration into a European political entity has gradually been forced through, against the wishes and without the knowledge of the majority of British people.

Little by little, we are being roped in by the EU, aided and abetted by their new best friends, Cameron and Hague, who know a thing or two about twisting language to sound like the truth, so to disguise a cleverly crafted lie.

If we do not make a stand, Britain will be in the Euro one day - or in an incarnation of it, the end game being complete political union under an unelected body of totalitarian technocrats, who will transform Britain into an ex-nation of serfs. Except for the politicos, of course, who will be rewarded handsomely.

The copyright of the video below is held by the Campaign for an Independent Britain.



Ht tip: UKIPWebmaster

Ex-Labour MPs Nigel Spearing and Eric Deakins tell of how the British people were duped. They were both Members of UK Parliament at the time of Britain's entry into the 'Common Market' and witnessed how it was pulled off.(7-video autoplay).



Hat tip: Free Britain Blog

Cross-posted

Bought and sold with leprechaun's gold

The Republic of Ireland has accepted an EU bailout of up to €100bn.

After literally days of feigning resistance, the Vichy Irish government have caved in to pressure from their puppet masters and agreed to hand over effective control of their economy to the European Empire in exchange for a cauldron of leprechaun's gold.

Not only will this EU bailout be part funded by the UK, but Boy George has offered a few billion pounds in contingency loans "to help a friend in need".  And here was me thinking we were on "the brink of bankruptcy".

The EU now controls the Greek economy and the Irish economy.  Portugal, Spain and Italy will be next and then what happens?  We can't afford to bail out the entire continent and the French and Germans certainly aren't in a position to, not when their economies are hobbled by EU regulations.

UKIP to contest Northern Irish elections

UKIP has announced that it intends to contest 7 seats in the Stormont elections in May next year.

It's great that UKIP, which has one councillor in the province, is doing its bit to normalise politics in Northern Ireland but I really couldn't predict whether we will see success in those elections or not.

My gut feeling is that our ridiculous anti-devolution policy will put off a lot of potential voters who won't vote for direct rule from London again and that our even more ridiculous "Britishness" policy will put off eurosceptic Northern Irish voters that don't buy into an outdated concept of enforced British nationalism that borders on cultural imperialism.

But the Northern Irish are a strange lot and there will be a lot of unionists that are looking for an alternative to the sectarian unionists that may be attracted to UKIP.  Then again, the Conservatives stood there in the general election and bombed so maybe they're not yet ready for a London unionist party in Northern Ireland.

UKIP hasn't tried to crack Northern Ireland before so it's worth a punt.  I'd suggest putting most of the money the party was planning to waste standing anti-devolution candidates in the Scottish and Welsh elections into a decent election campaign in Northern Ireland.

Barroso throws his teddy out of his pram

Emperor Barroso has thrown his teddy out of his pram after his plans for a 6% EU budget increase were scuppered by the Poles.

I regret that a small number of member states were not prepared to negotiate in a European spirit.

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I'm extremely disappointed... a solution should have been possible last night. Those that think they have won a victory over 'Brussels' have shot themselves in the foot. They should know that they have dealt a blow to people all over Europe and in the developing world

Don't worry oh great one, I'm sure the matter will be "negotiated" in the "European spirit" by asking the question over and over again until you get the "right" answer.  Or just change a couple of words and don't bother asking again.  That's how it's done in the "European spirit" isn't it?

The EU loan sharks are circling Ireland

The European Empire is trying to convince Ireland to take a bailout which will leave it permanently indebted to the continent.

The loan would come from the slush fund set up to prop up the eurozone and would require the Irish government to hand over effective control of its economy to the EU's financial regulator and the EU Central Bank.

Ireland is part of the "big five" bankrupt member states known as the PIIGS - Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.  Greece has already been bailed out (illegally) by the EU, they're trying to pressure Ireland into taking a bailout (presumably also illegal until France and Germany get their changed Lisbon Treaty) and there are fears that an Irish bailout will lead to pressure for a bailout in Portugal as well.  That would leave only Italy and Spain desperately trying to keep the EU loan sharks at bay.